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      <pre>From: George Reese &lt;borg@imaginary.com&gt;<br>Newsgroups: <a
 href="http://groups.google.com/groups?group=rec.games.mud.announce"
 target="new">rec.games.mud.announce</a>, <a
 href="http://groups.google.com/groups?group=rec.games.mud.lp"
 target="new">rec.games.mud.lp</a><br>Subject: FAQ: [lpmud] rec.games.mud.lp and LPMuds<br>Reply-To: <a
